Race and Ethnicity

Works dealing with issues of race and ethnicity in the armed forces, with an emphasis on history.

Dispelling Stereotypes as a Military Writer

Submitted by kevinmweeks on January 3, 2012 - 09:39

by Ann DeWitt


Have you ever travelled out of your local region and stayed with family or friends who have a different dialect than you?  Have you noticed that after a while, you begin to pick up a few new fun phrases or words?  Then, when you return home, someone says, "You sound funny."  This has been my experience and, based on media reports, the experience of United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as well.

Listening to the Voice of Reason as a Military Writer

Submitted by kevinmweeks on January 1, 2012 - 15:30

by Ann DeWitt


Imagine before the first book is distributed by Ingram Book Company that an historian slams a novel based solely on the subject matter.  Now, imagine that you later find out that the goal of said historian is to "put 19th Century American slaves back in their rightful place in American Civil War military history."  Finally, imagine that the first young adult to read the same book receives an "A" on a school book report. 

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